Risky and cautious decision shifts in small groups

Dados Bibliográficos

ID19192844
AutoresTimothy R Cline (Temple University, autor correspondente), Rebecca J Cline (Temple University)
Ano1979
Volume44
Fascículo3
Páginas252-263
Data de publicação1979-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSouthern Speech Communication Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0361-8269 • E-ISSN: 2469-9640
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10417947909372418
OpenAlexW1994693070
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas19

Research revealed a trend for discussion groups to reach decisions taking greater risks than the group members would recommend individually. While noting the social importance of this phenomenon, no investigators have examined the communication resulting in decision shifts. This investigation attempts to identify and compare the patterns of communication of groups making risky‐and cautious‐decision shifts. Risky‐and cautious‐shift group discussions displayed nonrandom and statistically different distributional and sequential structures. The findings were discussed in terms of two explanations of the risky‐shift phenomenon

Cognitive psychology · Communication in small groups · Epistemology · Group behavior · Phenomenon · Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence · Psychology · Public Relations and Crisis Communication · Social Psychology · Team Dynamics and Performance